Does Hacking Grades Warrant 20 Years in Jail?

While there have been many students who decided they would rather change their grades than come by them the usual way, the punishments for the most part have been pretty reasonable. However, the latest chapter in this type of behavior finds two culprits facing a $250,000 fine and 20 years in jail based on the number of charges leveled against them. "The guys have been charged with "unauthorized computer access, identity theft, conspiracy, and wire fraud." Obviously, these guys did a bad thing, but it's hard to see how the possible sentence matches with the crime. Of course, it seems unlikely that any judge would give them the maximum sentence, but even hearing that it's possible just for changing your grades seems ridiculous."

Comments

Re:Confusing The Issue

[cayenne8]

Geez, a couple decades ago, when Matthew Broderick did it in War Games....it was cool.

When Ferris Bueller changed the number of days missed...same thing..funny and cool.

And today, it will get you 20 years in jail????? Lord, the terrorists have won when we now have zero tolerance for things. When did people forget there is a difference between mischief, and harmful acts?

Truly this is fixing a swiss watch with a sledge hammer, wrong tool for the job at hand.